FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSN10d
MN Department of Corrections starts new mail delivery system to halt contraband
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is now using a new mail delivery system meant to stop drugs and contraband from ...
MPR News2d
Minnesota DOC orders Hennepin County to reduce jail population after finding staff negligence
A Minnesota Department of Corrections report says the county jail failed to complete mandatory wellness checks and have ...
'This is a national problem' | MN DOC makes changes to mail system in wake of synthetic drugs found inside prisons
Since January, the DOC says 70 inmates have been hospitalized due to exposure to synthetic drugs, often sent through the mail ...
KSTP-TV11d
3rd-party mail scanning is coming to Minnesota’s prisons after numerous drug incidents
The Minnesota Dept. of Corrections signed a contract with TextBehind to scan incoming prison mail. Officials say it will ...
MinnPost1d
BCA investigating fatal shooting of man by St. Paul police
Fox9 reports the Minnesota Department of Corrections has ordered Hennepin County to reduce its inmate population from 844 to ...
Minnesota prisons will no longer recieve direct mail in step to stop drug smuggling
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota prisons will stop receiving direct mail on Nov. 1 after state officials announced another new ...
FOX News on MSN12d
Advocate for 'gender affirming care' for prisoners named by AG Garland to corrections advisory board
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Cheryl Strange, a key figure in "gender-affirming care" for trans inmates, to the a federal corrections advisory board.